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Table­25.1­ (Continued)
Feeding­ Growth Feeding­ Feeding­
In-situ­or­ Hatch schedule: days rate: days schedule: Growth rate: schedule: Growth rate: Fledge­ Fledge­ Release Adult wt
Species Ex-situ wt­(g) 1–7 1–7 days­8–14 days­8–14 days­15–21 days­15–21 age­(days) wt­(g) wt­(g) (g)
Parakeet In-situ 27–32 — — — 9 g/day — — 33–36 208–237 — 238–247
Auklet l m Ex-situ 24 12/day over 25%/day 8/day over 15%/day 6/day over 8%/day — — >200 273
22 hours 20 hours 12 hours
Crested In-situ 25 1–4/day over — 1–4/day over — — 11–13 g/day 27–36 260 — 211–322
Auklet n 15 hours 15 hours
Ex-situ 12/day over 25%/day 8/day over 15%/day 6/day over 8%/day — — >230 235
22 hours 20 hours 12 hours
Whiskered In-situ 12–14 4–5 g/day — 4–5 g/day — — 39–42 106 — 99–136
Auklet o Ex-situ 14 12/day over 25%/day 8/day over 15%/day 6/day over 8%/day — — >100 99
22 hours 20 hours 12 hours
Least In-situ 11–12 3/day over 5–6 g/day 3/day over — — — 26–31 82 — 85
Auklet p q 15 hours 15 hours
Ex-situ 11 12/day over 25%/day 8/day over 15%/day 6/day over 8%/day — — >80 82
22 hours 20 hours 12 hours
a D. Dial (pers. comm. 2018).
b Barrett (2002).
c Wickett (1999).
d Eilertsen (2008).
e Piatt and Kitaysky (2002).
f Wehle (1983).
g Ainley et al. (2002).
h Gaston and Kipfner (2000).
i Ewins (1993).
j del Hoya et al. (1996).
k Kappy Sprenger (pers. comm. 2006).
l Jones et al. (2001).
m Oehler et al. (1995).
n Jones (1993a).
o Byrd and Williams (1993).
p Jones (1993b).
q Wehle (1983).

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